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February 2021 Weblog: A Healthy Web

Published: February 23, 2021

A report on the health of the Internet, and efforts to improve that health, bring us in to a new year.

Significant Websites

Writing About the Web… On the Web

Published: February 2, 2021

People thought a magazine about the web would never work. People thought a magazine about the web on the web would never work. They both did.

January 2021 Weblog: Taking the Power Back

Published: January 27, 2021

This month, a look at the power center in tech in the wake of a move to de-platform hate, and what the future of the personal site might look like.

Significant Websites

The man who drove from coast to coast

Published: January 19, 2021

When the web was still knew, one man decided to get on his motorcycle and do something about it.

Browsers

A Fun List of Browsers You’ve Never Heard Of

Published: January 5, 2021

There are the browsers that everyone’s heard of. And then there are some that, for whatever reason, faded away. These are the latter.

Excerpt from Chapter 5: Webzines Find Their Voice

Published: December 15, 2020

What follows is an excerpt from the latest chapter an ongoing series I’ve been writing for the last few months […]

Code

Why Do We Call it a Homepage?

Published: December 1, 2020

The word homepage came into popular use in the mid to late 90’s, but it’s origin dates back to the web’s beginning.

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November 2020 Weblog: Weird Web, Independent Web

Published: November 24, 2020

Chapter 5 of my series is out now, so make sure to get caught up! Plus, the weird web of the past and the independent web of the future.

The Network

Everyone Should Have Access to the Web

Published: November 17, 2020

The World Wide Web Foundation began as a way to bring the web to everyone. In these trying times, it is needed more than ever.

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October 2020 Weblog: Finding the Web and Making Your Place

Published: October 28, 2020

This month, making a website has never been this easy. Understanding the web, however, is another story

Publishing

Offline Browsing Like It’s 1995

Published: October 20, 2020

Offline browsing has been a kind of holy grail of web development. In the mid-90’s, it was a source of excitement, speculation, and soaring valuations.

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September 2020 Weblog: Own Your Stuff, Learn About Fanfic

Published: September 29, 2020

If you’ve been following along with my series on CSS Tricks, well now you can listen to all of that great history, narrated by Jeremy Keith.

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